diff --git a/nodeup/pkg/model/network.go b/nodeup/pkg/model/network.go
index c04be30a19..28a77f43c8 100644
--- a/nodeup/pkg/model/network.go
+++ b/nodeup/pkg/model/network.go
@@ -68,19 +68,20 @@ func (b *NetworkBuilder) Build(c *fi.ModelBuilderContext) error {
 	}
 
 	if networking.Cilium != nil {
-		// systemd v238 includes the bpffs mount by default; and gives an error "has a bad unit file setting" if we try to mount it again (see mount_point_is_api)
-		var alreadyMounted bool
-		// bpffs magic number
-		magic := uint32(0xCAFE4A11)
 		var fsdata unix.Statfs_t
 		err := unix.Statfs("/sys/fs/bpf", &fsdata)
 
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error checking for /sys/fs/bpf: %v", err)
-		} else {
-			alreadyMounted = int32(magic) == int32(fsdata.Type)
 		}
 
+		// systemd v238 includes the bpffs mount by default; and gives an error "has a bad unit file setting" if we try to mount it again (see mount_point_is_api)
+		var alreadyMounted bool
+		// bpffs magic number. See https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v4.8/include/uapi/linux/magic.h#L80
+		magic := uint32(0xCAFE4A11)
+
+		alreadyMounted = int32(magic) == int32(fsdata.Type)
+
 		if !alreadyMounted {
 			unit := s(`
 [Unit]